#bip-148 UASF First Year Anniversary: A New System of Governance
▻https://hackernoon.com/bip-148-uasf-first-year-anniversary-a-new-system-of-governance-223907ec2
The untold story of #bitcoin’s historic 2017 year-run lies in Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 148, or User-Activated Soft Fork (UASF).The year Bitcoin Unlimited died is the same year Bitcoin Cash was born, both bastard children in my opinion, and both unsurprisingly originate from the same main proponents. ASICBoost, Antbleed, Bitmain ring a bell?The infamous New York Agreement (NYA) was in fact a behind-closed-doors settlement between influential CEOs ‘attempting to resolve’ Bitcoin’s scaling debate.I remember in the early months of 2017 when Jihan Wu threatened the chance of a hard fork and while such threats seem inconsequential now, the warning was a very, very alarming and eminent threat to the community at large. If you somehow do not know who Mr. Wu is, he is an intelligent and (...)
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